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Stop the Seal Hunt
Mar 27, 2009Animal rights groups are expected to protest at the start of this year's seal cull in Canada.
Space Walk
Mar 20, 2009New solar panels will soon be giving the International Space Station a power boost after astronauts completed the first of three space walks to fit them.
Sea Quake
Mar 20, 2009An underwater volcano sent spurts of steam and ash shooting up into the sky near Tonga (halfway between Australia and Tahiti) in the South Pacific this week.
Robo Croc
Mar 20, 2009A crocodile whose skull was crushed by a car had its face rebuilt by plastic surgeons in the U.S.
Predator X
Mar 20, 2009A giant fossil sea monster found in the Arctic had such a ferocious bite it would have been able to crush a 4x4 car, say researchers.
Orphan Orangutans
Mar 20, 2009More than 20 baby orangutans who were abandoned by their mothers got a new home to help them survive at a hospital and animal sanctuary called Orang Utan Island.
Fair Trade Treat
Mar 04, 2009One of the world’s top-selling chocolate makers, Cadbury, is set to become a fair trade dealer later this year, giving a boost to thousands of cocoa farmers in Africa.
Ugly Cat
Mar 04, 2009A cat named Ugly is developing a huge following of fans at a New Hampshire vet because people simply can’t take their eyes off the awful-looking feline!
Popcorn Ball
Mar 04, 2009One tiny town in America is trying to break a big – and yummy – world record.
Fire Fight
Feb 27, 2009More than 200 schools have been closed in Australia because of deadly bushfires. Weather experts say it’s going to get very hot this weekend, and they’re worried a change in the direction of the wind could spread the fires.
Bear Care
Feb 27, 2009It’s not just humans who are surviving the deadly bush fires in Australia. Animals of all shapes and sizes are starting to limp, stagger or be carried from the worst-affected fire areas – many of these are being taken in by wildlife shelters across th
First Pooch
Feb 27, 2009President Barack Obama and his family seem to have decided what kind of dog they are going to get. Barack and his wife, Michelle, promised their two daughters they would get a dog when they moved into the White House.
Lava Flow
Feb 20, 2009About 150 people in Chile had to leave their homes for the second year running after a volcano started erupting. The Chaiten volcano had lain dormant for 9,000 years before it roared back to life last May.
Dolphin Dilemma
Feb 20, 2009There's a race against time to save five dolphins trapped inside a hole in the ice in Canada. They've been swimming in circles for four days now, and the space they're in is getting smaller and smaller.
Meerkat Madness
Feb 20, 2009Two adorable baby meerkats were recently born at Sydney, Australia’s Taronga Zoo – the first meerkat pups to be born at the zoo in nine years!
Why Are Some Animals Endangered?
Feb 17, 2009We know that all-too-many animals are on the endangered species list – meaning there are very few of them left in the wild. We also usually understand that it’s somehow the fault of human beings when an animal becomes endangered. Maybe if we knew exac
Map Terms - A to C
Feb 09, 2009So you've slept through a few geography classes and now you have a test coming. Check out these map terms to save your butt. You can thank us later.
Sunken Treasure
Feb 02, 2009A shipwreck thought to have gold worth hundreds of millions of dollars on board has been found in the U.K.’s English Channel.
Killer Explosion
Feb 02, 2009More than 100 people have been killed in Kenya in Africa after a truck carrying fuel exploded.
Heat Wave
Feb 02, 2009Parts of Australia are used to hot weather, but recent temperatures have been soaring and causing chaos across the country.
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